CONTACTS 
0201 - TMS Enterprises                    415 685 4911                                                                                                                    O-00000211 0101
020101 - Mr. Richard E. Tull; President

SUBJECTS
Portable, to demonstrate SDS

0403 -    ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
0405 -
040501 - Complete record from meetings yesterday, and prepare confirming
040502 - correspondence to Macro Technology and Advanced Computers, see below.
040503 -
040504 - These are actually sales letters, and so required a little more care.
040505 -
040506 -
040507 - Called for more prices and visited Computown to inspect systems.
040508 -
040509 -
0406 -
0407 - Santron
0408 - 1510 Noriega Street
0409 - San Francisco, CA  94122            415 753 3559 fax 681 2535
0410 -
041001 - Talked to Paul yesterday.
041002 -
041003 - Santron has a "notebook" computer with a 386SX 20 MHZ and 40 MB hard
041004 - drive for $2,575.  This is just $25 less than Twinhead's 120 MB PC.
041005 -
041006 - It appears to use the same display technology as the Twinhead, but
041007 - does not support an internal modem.  It only weighs 5.7#.
041008 -
041009 - The Santron does not support simultaneous display mode.  It has an
041010 - external VGA port, but Paul tested it and said it will not run two
041011 - displays at once.
041012 -
041013 -
0411 -
0412 - Photo Lab
0413 - Foster City, CA              415 578 1901 ext 849
0414 -
041401 - They do not seem to have anything that will work.
041402 -
041403 -
0415 -
0416 - Oakland MicroCenter
0417 - 584 Grand Avenue
0418 - Oakland, CA                 415 836 0670 fax 0674
0419 -
0420 - Talked to Laura then John Risso
0421 -
042101 - They show a laptop or notebook, 386SX 80 MB drive $2,399.
042102 -
042103 - 100 MB is $2,550.
042104 -
042105 - cpu is manufactured by Chaplet Systems
042106 -
042107 - 1 MB ram
042108 - 3.5 drive
042109 - 2 serial ports
042110 - 11.5 #
042111 - 2 AT expansion slots
042112 - 386SX 20 MHZ
042113 - Display, 11" LCD backlit with 16 grey scale.
042114 -
042115 - Internal 2400 baud modem, add $99.
042116 -
042117 -
042118 - John does not know if this pc will run an external VGA monitor
042119 - simultaneously.  He will call me to advise when I can come by for a
042120 - demo.
042121 -
042122 -
0422 -
0423 -
0424 - Computerland
0425 - 1303 Van Ness Avenue
0426 - San Francisco, CA  94109          415 673 6640 fax 775 1747
0427 - Jan Dugger, Account Manager
0428 -
042801 - AST notebook - "Premium Exec" series
042802 -
042803 - Jan advised this unit supports simultaneous display.
042804 -
042805 - He will have it set up for me to test on Thursday morning after
042806 - 10:00.
042807 -
042808 -
042809 -
0429 -
0430 -
0431 - 3F Associates, Inc.
0432 - 1200 Gough Street, Mezzanine
0433 - San Francisco, CA  94104            415 659 1039
0434 -
0435 - Talked to AJ
0436 -
043601 - AST Exec Premium Exec:   Price = $2,875.
043602 -
043603 - Includes 386 20 MHZ 40 MB drive.  For internal modem, add $195.
043604 -
043605 - This is high for the unit, but $200 less on modem.
043606 -
043607 - I will go by on Saturday after 1100 to test it.
043608 -
043609 -
0437 -
0438 -
0439 - Computown
0440 - Phelan Building
0441 - 760 Market Street, #219
0442 - San Francisco, CA                     415 956 8696
0443 -
044301 - They have the AST and a number of other products, the Everex Tempo
044302 - LX, among others.
044303 -
044304 - AST Premium Exec Series
044305 -
044306 - This unit has the best screen for SDS of the 8 or 9 notebook units on
044307 - display in Computown.  I think it is adequate for showing SDS.  The
044308 - only drawback is that every letter appears to be bold.  It has 32
044309 - shades of grey, and all the others seem to have only 16.
044310 -
044311 - I believe the Twinhead Superlap gives appearance with respect to
044312 - sharpness and differentiating colors in shades of grey, and is better
044313 - than the AST in that it does not show the characters in all bold. The
044314 - Twinhead spec indicates it provides up to 32 shades of greay also.
044315 -
044316 - The keyboard is very difficult to use on this unit.  The right Shift
044317 - key is much too small, smaller than the left Shift key, and the
044318 - smallest of the other notebook units.  Functions to execute too slow.
044319 -
044320 - The staff at Computown said the AST does not support simultaneous
044321 - display.  There was no opportunity to test contention.  The AST spec
044322 - does not specifically say it does not support simultaneouse display.
044323 -
044324 -
044325 - Toshiba T2000SX
044326 -
044327 - This unit had the second best display of the ones I examined at
044328 - Computown.  It only supports 16 shades of grey, and the quality of the
044329 - display for SDS is too poor for sales purposes.
044330 -
044331 - Computown staff contend this unit supports simultaneous display with a
044332 - color monitor, which I need for sales.  There was no opportunity to
044333 - test this feature, and the spec does not specifically state this
044334 - feature is offered.
044335 -
044336 -
044337 - Everex Tempo LX
044338 -
044339 - This has a very poor display for SDS.  Was almost impossible to any
044340 - SDS screen to display even fairly good, much excellent.
044341 -
044342 -
044343 - Sharp Notebook
044344 -
044345 - This is a very small unit, that requires a separate floppy disk drive
044346 - for inputting data.
044347 -
044348 -
044349 -
0444 -
0445 -
0446 - 2040 called Dick Tull
0447 -
044701 - Advised Dick of results of shopping so far.  He will investigate
044702 - tomorrow to locate a different screen from a gas plasma for his lunch
044703 - box.
044704 -
044705 - Told him I will likely not purchase anything until after the computer
044706 - faire at Moscone which begins May 30 - Jun 2nd.
044707 -
044708 -

SUBJECTS
Portable, to demonstrate SDS
Franchising/licensing
Retail Sales, 910420
Sales Contacts
Sent product information,
requesting give demo.

0709 - Progress
0710 -
071001 - Sent ref DIT 3, to Muhammed requesting Macro Tech consider carrying
071002 - SDS as a product to supplement their PC line.
071003 -
071004 - Letter explains how SDS increases market for laptops.
071005 -
071006 -
0711 -